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T-Mobile is First to Launch Voice-Over-5G

Kellen June 3, 2022 21

T-Mobile announced a pretty major breakthrough for its 5G network today. Using its Standalone 5G network, T-Mobile has enabled Voice Over 5G, which means a "true" 5G connection at all times, even when making a phone call. For now, Voice Over 5G (VoNR or Voice...

Don’t Be a Phone Asshole.

Kellen June 3, 2022 89

A musician I'm a big fan of released his upcoming tour schedule this morning and opened up ticket sales. He's playing in Portland and I have yet to see him live, so I'll likely end up buying tickets. But as I was going through that process, I saw the list of...

Android Feature Drop for June Adds 5 New Features to All Phones

Kellen June 2, 2022 24

Google announced several new features today coming to all Android phones as a part of its quarterly Android Feature Drop system. Similar to the Pixel Feature Drop idea, where Google would add a bunch of new features to its Pixel phones, these regularly...

Here’s That Pixel 7 Pro Prototype

Kellen June 2, 2022 8

Over the weekend, we saw an eBay seller try and pull in a pile of cash by selling a Pixel 7 prototype, a move that Google probably put a quick stop to. That same seller claimed to have already sold off a Pixel 7 Pro prototype without realizing what it was. As...

That Verizon Text About a Loyalty Discount is Real

Kellen June 2, 2022 24

Verizon appears to be sending out a wave of texts informing customers that they have a loyalty discount awaiting them and that a call into a specific 800-number will get them the deal. If you received this text, I can tell you from personal experience that it...

The Simplistic Beauty of Google Duo is No More

Kellen June 1, 2022 39

Google Duo has become one of my most used apps in recent years. The simple interface that allows my wife and I to quickly call each other on any platform is the way we now communicate instead of via traditional phone call. We use it from phones to tablets to...

Google TV App Arrives on iOS

Kellen June 1, 2022

Google began replacing the Google Play Movies & TV app with Google TV a couple of years ago on Android and TV platforms. The Google TV app was to act less as a store and more of a content curator that tied into your other streaming services to help you...

Galaxy Z Fold 4 Specs Got Us Hoping for Hidden Secrets

Kellen May 31, 2022 14

Most of our focus over the past few weeks has been on all things Google, thanks to Google I/O and the line-up of upcoming hardware that was just teased for the rest of the year. We shouldn't forget about Samsung, though, as their next set of devices should be...